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    Imperial Brands

    Imperial Brands Plc history, company profile and corporate video

       Imperial Brands plc (formerly Imperial Tobacco Group plc), is a multinational tobacco company, headquartered in Bristol, England, the United Kingdom.

    PRODUCTS


    • Cigarettes – Winston, Gauloises, West, Davidoff, JPS, L&B, Nobel;
    • Other tobacco products – Golden Virginia, Backwoods, Rizla, Skruf;
    • Next-generation products – Vapour (blu), Heated Tobacco (Pulze and iD), and Oral Nicotine (ZONE X).

    HISTORY

       Imperial Brands was established in 1901 when an American business led by James Duke bought the British tobacco companies Wills, Player and Lambert (L&B), and Butler and merged them into one.

       In 1996, Imperial Tobacco Group was listed on the London Stock Exchange LSE).

       In 1999, Imperial entered the Australian market.

       In 2002, Imperial acquired Reemtsma (along with the cigarette brands West and Davidoff).

    In 2005, Skruf, a Swedish manufacturer of snus, was acquired.

       In 2007, Imperial entered the American market by acquiring Commonwealth Brands (including USA Gold and Sonoma cigarettes brands, and Bali Shag).

       In 2008, Altadis was acquired (including brands such as Gauloises, Nobel and Fortuna).

       In 2015, Imperial acquired Winston and Kool brands, and also cigar brands including Backwoods and Dutch Masters, and the international rights to the blu vapour brand. Those assets were merged with Imperial’s existing portfolio to create a new company, ITG Brands.

       In 2016, Imperial Tobacco was renamed Imperial Brands (reflecting expansion into less harmful products).

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       With more than 30,000 employees, Imperial Brands plc is considered one of the largest cigarette companies in the world. According to Forbes, it is considered one of the Largest Public Companies in the World.

    *Information from Forbes.com, Wikipedia.org, and www.imperialbrandsplc.com.

    **Video published on YouTube by “WeAreImperialBrands“.

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